Washing-machine



D. T. DAVIS. Washing Machine.

(ModeL) No. 238,660. Patent'd March 8,1881.

ATTORNEYS 7/ W q V, h a m 77 z M 7 x A r a V E. 1 I 7 a M .11 4 V ZEEMW lNVENTOR WITNESSES INITED ,ST TEs DUANE T. DAVIS, OF PANA, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,660, dated March 8, 1881.

Application filed November 30, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, DUANE T. DAVIS, of Pana, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-IVIachines; and I do hereby declare that thetollowingis afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a cross-section.

This invention relates to that class of improved washing-machines in which a large lower corrugated roller is used in connection with two smaller upper corrugated rollers working in vertical slots, and sometimes in outwardly upwardly inclined slots passing entirely through the end or side piece of the frame and controlled by a spring or springs connected to the upper portion of the frame; and it consists in theimproved features of construction and combination hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A is aframe consisting of top, side, and bottom pieces, B, O G, and D, though thelatter maybe omitted. In the lower part of the frame, in. suitable hearings in the side pieces, 0 G, is hung a large corrugated roller, E. Above this roller are placed in the same plane two smaller corrugated rollers, F F, whose surfaces, when at rest, touch the lower roller. The journals to a of said smaller rollers pass through slots d d in plates G G, and bearin recesses!) I). These recesses only extend partially into side pieces, 0 O, and not through them, whereby suds and water are kept from being forced through. These recesses have metal bushings e e, and have a slant outward from the bottom to the top.

Attached to the middle of top piece, B, is

a spring, H, whose ends h h extend into slots 0 c in side pieces, 0 O, and bear in notches w w of plates G G.

I is the handle for operating the device. K K are hooks on one end of the frame, and L L eyes upon the tub to receive said hooks.

M is a stud upon the frame opposite to hooks them play for thick garments.

By journaling the upper rollers in recesses and giving the latter a slant, the rollers are allowed to move independently of each other in both vertical and lateral directions.

WVhat I claim is- In a washing-machine, the combination, with the frame A, having the side pieces, 0 0, provided with the recesses b b, inclining outwardly and upwardly, of the roller E, journaled in said side pieces, and the rollers F F, having their journals a a passed through the slots 01 d in plates G G into the recesses!) 12, the plates G G slotted at d d and notched atw, and the cross-bar B, connecting the side pieces, 0 G, and provided with the spring H, having its ends h h, extending into the slots 0 0, and hearing in the notches was of the plates G G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

DUANE T. DAVIS.

Witnesses v E. S. DAVIS, J OHN H. HOoPER. 

